Genesis 7

1 The LORD then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. 2 Take with you seven [a] of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and two of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, 3 and also seven of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth. 4 Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made."

 

I think this would indicate there was 14 polar bears.

 

OK, so 14 polar bears trekking across the Bering Land Bridge . . .

OK, so they came across the Bering Land Bridge. Did just two come? Or did the whole species migrate? If it took years to make the trek, did they give birth and die along the way? Why is there no fossil evidence of polar bears along the way to the Middle East?

 

And why, after the polar bears came to the Middle East and the Ark landed and the ground dried up, did they return just to the Arctic?

 

Extend the hypothesis, by the way, to Koala bears? There is no land mass to Austrailia. Or to the three-toed sloth, which resides only in Tasmania and nowhere else?

 

You are making the assumption that the Earth looked the same today as it did before the flood. No guarantee of that.

 

If God was sending the polar bears to carry on that species, I am sure that he would not allow them to die on the way.

 

I would assume they would return because of the temp differences and would have relocated to where they naturally fit in well with the climate.

OK, so 14 polar bears trekking across the Bering Land Bridge . . .

 

14 of every clean animal, imagine how big that ark had to be to take all these animals. WOW. Must have been a sight.

I always find these discussions amusing. We can come to terms with a Supreme Being commanding a man to build a boat, gather every creature on Earth two by two, survive on the boat while 40 days of rain flooded the Earth above the highest of mountains, then survive the slow drying before eventually repopulating the world. But we can't figure out how he got a couple of polar bears across the ocean.

You are making the assumption that the Earth looked the same today as it did before the flood. No guarantee of that.

 

If God was sending the polar bears to carry on that species, I am sure that he would not allow them to die on the way.

 

I would assume they would return because of the temp differences and would have relocated to where they naturally fit in well with the climate.

 

Why do you get to engage in assumptions but I can't?

A bit off subject, but were there sharks on the Ark? I realize the flood was probably to their liking, but if the Bible says every animal was represented, wouldn't this mean sea creatures also? The presence of sharks would be scary, jmo.

 

Instead of having the debate minus the wine as Hearsay alluded to, perhaps I should just have the wine minus the debate.....................

 

I don't think that fish, etc were included.

 

Imagine the smell when the skunks got sight of the alligators, lions, etc.

Why do you get to engage in assumptions but I can't?

 

Because I can.

I always find these discussions amusing. We can come to terms with a Supreme Being commanding a man to build a boat, gather every creature on Earth two by two, survive on the boat while 40 days of rain flooded the Earth above the highest of mountains, then survive the slow drying before eventually repopulating the world. But we can't figure out how he got a couple of polar bears across the ocean.

 

Oh, I've got a theory, I'm just waiting for a better point in the discussion to unveil it . . .

I'll bet the Ark stunk something fierce, too . . .

 

Probably didn't take much effort to attract flies to the Ark...

I always find these discussions amusing. We can come to terms with a Supreme Being commanding a man to build a boat, gather every creature on Earth two by two, survive on the boat while 40 days of rain flooded the Earth above the highest of mountains, then survive the slow drying before eventually repopulating the world. But we can't figure out how he got a couple of polar bears across the ocean.

 

Remember, this was a dinner party conversation topic, not a bible study topic. I think it is a very interesting question to put forth. Plus, I always enjoy LBBC's and Hearsay's insightul commentary in P&R:D

Probably didn't take much effort to attract flies to the Ark...

 

That leads to an interesting point. Not to hard thinking about a polar bear making the trek. And it has been pointed out that it would be a lengthy trip.

 

Imagine how long it would take some bug that was native to a different part of the world to get to that part of the world? Little bitty legs.

Remember, this was a dinner party conversation topic, not a bible study topic. I think it is a very interesting question to put forth? Plus, I always enjoy LBBC's and Hearsay's insightul commentary in P&R:D

 

What we don't have insightful commentary in the other threads????:irked:

Remember, this was a dinner party conversation topic, not a bible study topic. I think it is a very interesting question to put forth. Plus, I always enjoy LBBC's and Hearsay's insightul commentary in P&R:D

You're just buttering me up so I'll bring steak to grill out at the tailgate before the second round of the playoffs.:lol:

That leads to an interesting point. Not to hard thinking about a polar bear making the trek. And it has been pointed out that it would be a lengthy trip.

 

Imagine how long it would take some bug that was native to a different part of the world to get to that part of the world? Little bitty legs.

 

Shirley they were smart enough to hitch a ride with a Giraffe or bird...

According to this official Ark photo (circa 6000 bc or so), there were in fact polar bears on the ark.